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Aly Abdelnaby

Aly Abdelnaby

Director, Treasurer Canada
Mensah Adjekwei
Mensah Adjekwei
Project LIaison, Ghana,
Marcia Barnes
Marcia Barnes
Chief Operations Officer Canada
Odile Bartlett
Odile Bartlett
Co-founder, Chair Canada, Director USA
Roger Bartlett
Roger Bartlett
Chief Financial Officer, Canada,
Radhames Carela
Radhames Carela
Project Liaison Wine to Water Filters Dominican Republic
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Keira Charles
Communications Specialist Canada & USA
Payal Board
Payal Doshi 
Director, Canada
Vicky Higgins
Vicky Higgins
Director Canada
Jules Higiro
Jules Higiro
Project Liaison Shelter Them Rwanda
Deo Kalule
Deo Kalule
East Africa Director
Suzannah Kelly
Suzannah Kelly
Director Canada
Ben Kinene
Ben Kinene
Project Liaison Kawolo Hospital & Special Projects Uganda
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Timothy Muttoo P.Eng. MPH
Cofounder | Chief Technology & Public Health Officer Canada, Director USA
Zachariah Mulawa
Zachariah Mulawa
Country Director Uganda
Francis Mutua
Francis Mutua
Country Director Kenya
Scott
Scott Noble
Field Technician Canada
Dario Nolasco
Dario Nolasco
Project Liaison Servants Heart Ministries Dominican Republic
Noémie Plumier
Noémie Plumier
International Development Advocate
Jesus
Jesús Ramirez
Project Liaison Cuba
Letitia
Letitia Silk
Director Canada
Sonya Tetley
Sonya Tetley
Manager of Strategic Development and Communications Canada

Aly Abdelnaby

Director, Treasurer Canada

Aly serves on the board of directors and is involved with the Finance and Audit Committees. He graduated from the Guelph Lang School of Business with a Bachelor of Commerce and an emphasis in Economics and Finance. He currently works at a Wealth Management firm in Oakville and loves what he does! Aly is passionate about helping people and bringing his knowledge and past experiences to further H2O4ALL’s goals and vision. He is outgoing and loves to meet and learn about people from all walks of life. Today, Aly is working on growing his business and working with the experts on the H2O4ALL team to help people worldwide gain access to clean water.

Mensah Adjekwei

Project Liaison Ghana

George serves as the Project Coordinator for our ground partner Care Givers Foundation Ghana. George has led H2O4ALL’s ground water/sanitation projects at the Danchira Village and Tsopoli Village. He facilitated all communication between the Traditional country/village authority and H2O4ALL and the Givers Care Foundation. He oversaw the project implementation from beginning to end and continues to give on going maintenance support. George Adjekwei Mensah graduated with a Higher National Diploma in tourism from the Cape Coast Polytechnic in 2004. In 2013 he obtained a degree in Strategic Communications from the University of Ghana, AUCC Campus. He has served as an operations manager in Ghana and Mali, practicing tourism to Togo,Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast and Senegal and also with the UN. George has worked for many organizations in Ghana from around the world with, Ministry of Tourism and Creative Art, Harvard University Business School, Grand Valley State University(GVSU) United Airline Crew, Google Ghana, Untamed Wildlife(Netherlands), Akwaba UK (Ghana Escapes), H2O4ALL (Canada and USA), BOSS Church( USA) Cedar Mountain Protocol Department and Youth Ministry, Aglow For Jesus(Accra) ABC Transport. M&J Travel and Tours, Land Tours, GTDC, General Electric Ghana(GN).

Marcia Barnes

Chief Operations Officer, Canada

Marcia has global experience with major corporations in operations, sales, and marketing. For the last 20 years, she has been a consultant working with companies in the water sector. With a Master’s degree in Management Science and Operational Research, her focus has been business processes and results-orientated planning.

Marcia is passionate about wanting people to respect the resources we have, especially water, and helping them be more aware of the needs of communities without access to safe water. Marcia and her husband Cliff helped build an orphanage in Uganda, which solidified their desire to help others. In recent years, this has meant committing many consulting resources to charities and being an active board member of her church. To relax, Marcia spends time with her family, creating photo books and gardening.

Odile Bartlett

Co-founder, Chair Canada

Odile Bartlett is the Co-founder and Chair of the Canadian Board of H2O4ALL. Odile has an extensive business background in financing foreign trade and nursing and healthcare management. She designed and implemented “just-in-time” materials management systems to improve hospital performance while reducing waste and cost of medical-surgical supplies. Her passion for philanthropy has allowed her to serve on several boards where she has developed expertise in board governance. Being challenged by the results of good intentions and bad aid in developing countries, Odile is committed to creating a sustainable model for WaSH intervention. This is the catalyst that prompted her to cofound H2O4ALL.

Roger Bartlett

Chief Finance Officer Canada

Roger has many years of corporate experience as a controller and a professional consultant, managing corporate financial health and advising on business strategy, technology planning, tax preparation, auditing, payroll, capital budgeting, and economic forecasting. Roger has served as a financial consultant to many Canadian charities, advising them on GAAP for charities in compliance with guidelines from the Charity Directorates. Roger is passionate about community and has served on the board of various community organizations. Roger loves cycling, hiking, traveling, and spending time with his grandkids outside of his professional life.

Radhames Carela

Project Liaison Wine to Water Filters Dominican Republic

Radhames serves as our ground partner Wine to Water’s Master Ceramist. In 2006 Radhames began work on the WTW Ceramic filter for impoverished communities with Lisa Ballantine. Radhames is a clay artist who has been working with clay his entire life. He has been working with clay for 50 years. In his community, people traditionally made pots to store water, which helped him better understand the importance of the filter in the process of water purification. In 2014 H2O4ALL was awarded a prestigious Canadian Grand Challenges award ‘Synergy for Water Now’ under the leadership of Timothy Muttoo. Radhames, Lisa Ballentine, Brad Ponack and Timothy led the team to improve the efficacy, optimize the manufacturing and testing protocols and of the WTW filters. Radhames’ favourite hobbies are visiting the mountains and being in touch with nature. He loves TV comedies, programs that always make him laugh.

Keira Charles

Communications Specialist Canada & USA

Keira Charles is the social media communications specialist for H2O4ALL. She is an upcoming graduate of Arcadia University with a degree in Psychology. Before working with H2O4ALL, she was an editor at the online college magazine Study Breaks and a journalism intern for the Borgen Project, as well as a research intern for Moonstone Arts Center in Philadelphia. She is slated to become an English teacher for City Year Philadelphia in the 2021-2 school year. In her free time, she enjoys writing science fiction and fantasy.

Payal Doshi

Director, Canada

Payal Doshi brings a wealth of experience to the Board of Directors at H2O4ALL, drawing from a dynamic background in digital marketing. Her journey spans pivotal roles, including her tenure as Social Media Manager at the NBA and Mobile Content Manager at the Miami HEAT. Presently based in Florida, she channels her expertise within social media at Boathouse Inc. 
 
Beyond her professional pursuits, Payal embodies a deep-seated commitment to philanthropy and endeavors to foster positive global change. She believes in the philosophy H2O4ALL has set out to do in providing access to clean water around the world and she wants to do her part in making this a reality. 

Vicky Higgins

Director, Canada

Vicky Higgins is a long-time resident of Oakville, Ontario, who raised her family, a son and a daughter. Vicky graduated from the University of Guelph with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. She enjoyed a successful career in sales and account management for several food manufacturing companies for 20 years. She is always interested in health and wellness; she now works as a Personal Trainer specializing in the older adult population.

Vicky was introduced to H2O4ALL in 2014 by a friend who asked her to join a group of volunteers going to Uganda to work on Phase 2 at the Kawolo Hospital in Lugazi. She found the experience profoundly life-changing and has since returned to work on several other projects. In 2015 she returned to Uganda with her daughter, an ICU nurse at McMaster, to work on a water project at the ROTOM Senior’s clinic, in 2016 to work on a project at a ROTOM outreach centre, and again in 2017 to work with a group to complete the third and final phase at the Kawolo Hospital. In 2018 she and her partner Greg Bright traveled to Nepal to work on a water project with H2O4ALL’s partner charity Wine to Water. Vicky has experienced firsthand the positive impact that H2O4ALL has had in the communities that have benefited from realizing the dream of clean, safe water. She has been fundraising for the organization by selling plants on Mother’s Day, the Taste of India, and the annual Gala for the past four years. In 2015 she was awarded the One Drop Award from H2O4ALL at its annual Gala.

Vicky enjoys public speaking about her experiences and has spoken at several schools, the Oakville chapter of Grandmothers to Grandmothers, and the annual Gala. Her goal as a board member is to act as an ambassador for H2O4ALL and continue public speaking and networking to educate and involve as many people as possible in this organization.

Jules Higiro

Project Liaison Shelter Them Rwanda

Jules Higiro is the Rwanda Country Director for Shelter Them. Jules leads Shelter Them Rwanda to empower vulnerable and underprivileged children in Rwanda, by first ensuring they are integrated in an environment where their basic growth and development needs are met, and by then providing them and their families with the tools and resources they need for these children to have a bright, independent and sustainable future.

Jules is working alongside H2O4ALL on a new safe water project at the Shelter Them Gateko Village Community Centre. The initiative will provide fresh water for all the needs of the 3,000 people in and around Gateko. The benefits of the well will be life-changing:

Deo Kalule

East Africa Director

Deo serves as the Coordinator of Special Projects for our ground partner Reach One Touch One Ministries (ROTOM ) in Uganda, East Africa. Deo is experienced with a demonstrated history of working in the civic & social organization industry. Skilled in organizational Leadership and management, Nonprofit Organizations, Strategic Planning, Volunteer Management, Team Building Facilitation, and Research. Strong sales professional with a Master of arts in organizational Leadership and Management and Bachelor’s degree of social work and social administration focused in Social Sciences from Uganda Christian University.

Suzannah Kelly

Director Canada

Suzannah Kelly is an accomplished HR Executive and a Certified Executive Leadership Development, Career Coach, and Life Coach with a 20+-year track record in leading enterprise-wide HR and Talent Management initiatives that support critical organizational growth and transition goals with broad experience across the financial services, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods industries. Throughout her career, she has been called on to build and deploy innovative Talent Management programs and drive transformation that deeply impacts and improves organizational development, employee experience, and customer experience. She has coached hundreds of employees and leaders to elevated promotional and leadership career success at all levels.
Suzannah enjoys reading and traveling and has had the privilege of living in 7 countries throughout her life. 

Ben Kinene

Project Liaison Kawolo Hospital & Special Projects Uganda

Ben serves as H2O4ALL’s ground partner of our projects at Kawolo Hospital in Uganda, East Africa. The Kawolo hospital is on the Kampala–Jinja Highway, in the town of Lugazi, in Buikwe District, about 34 kilometres (21 mi), west of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. This is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi), east of Mulago National Referral Hospital. Ben has been instrumental in the maintenance and sustainability of our projects that have been operating at the hospital since 2012.

Timothy Muttoo P.Eng. MPH

Cofounder | Chief Technology & Public Health Officer Canada, Director USA

Timothy Muttoo is a Canadian engineer, entrepreneur, and Co-founder of the innovative not-for-profit charity H2O4ALL. He graduated with a master’s of public health at the University of Waterloo. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Toronto Metropolitan University. Timothy has worked professionally as a licensed engineer in the water sector across North America, designing, innovating, and commercializing new technology that has affected millions of people in urban cities.

Wanting to marry his expertise and beliefs for humanity, he co-founded the not-for-profit charity H2O4ALL, which restores water, hygiene, and sanitation to developing countries. Timothy has worked on the ground across the world on the front lines of over 100 rural communities affected by poor water and inadequate sanitation. He has initiated sustainable technology, tools, and good practices in over thirteen different developing countries worldwide. He has come alongside more than 55 charitable organizations and three national governments, increasing sustainability through interventions in rural areas.

Zachariah Mulawa

Country Director Uganda

Zac serves as our ground partner in Uganda East Africa, he has worked with H2O4ALL since 2012 while he was working with the organization Save the Mothers Uganda. With a Masters in Public Health and a bachelors in Development Studies, Zac continues to excel with community and organizational management skills. He has been involved in the start-up and support of growing associations, volunteering with a number of charity organizations in Uganda and Canada. 

Francis Mutua

Country Director Kenya

Francis Mutua is the H2O4ALL Country Director for Kenya. He has a passion for community service and humanitarian activities. In 2011 he took part in Operation enduring freedom in LOGCAP IV Afghanistan, where he supported the troops as a civilian contractor under DynCorp International USA for four years.

Francis also serves local tea farmers as their representative (Non-whole time director) in a local tea processing factory. He champions farmers’ empowerment through sound corporate governance practices and fair trade.

Francis first joined H2O4ALL as a volunteer. After moving into the role of Project liaison, he led the efforts to reach the water-challenged local community in Kenya’s Mulika Dispensary 5 in 1 project. He is motivated daily by H204all’s slogan, “Making a difference one drop at a time.” He loves hiking, singing, and traveling in his free time.

 

Scott Noble

Field Technician Canada

Scott Noble plays an indispensable role within the H2O4ALL team in his capacity as the Canadian Field Technician. Scott is a seasoned general contractor with experience dating back to his early teens, possessing a unique passion and interest for solving problems through construction. With work experience leading projects of various scales, he has built his skills in navigating diverse issues and shaping tangible solutions. He also cultivated his commitment to environmental sustainability through his previous job as a tree planter, planting over 200,000 trees over two years.

Scott enjoys expressing his creativity through art, sculpting, woodworking, and a love for chess. He enjoys being outdoors, often spending his free time rock climbing, golfing, and doing various water sports on the lake at his family cottage. His love of travel has taken him on many global adventures, including Everest Base Camp, paragliding in Nepal, gorilla trekking in Uganda, and snowboarding in Austria. A highlight experience was spending a day delivering water to a Ugandan town, which further fuelled his commitment to creating a positive impact. He is grateful to be a part of the H2O4ALL team, to be able to engage hands-on in the safe water community projects, and to make genuine connections with the individuals he meets in those communities.

Dario Nolasco

Project Liaison Servants Heart Ministries Dominican Republic

Dario Nolasco is the Director of Operations for Servants Heart Ministries in the Dominican Republic. He has been with Servants Heart Dominican Republic for 6 years. He is married to Rebeca and has a son, Daniel who is 6 and a daughter, Mariel who is 3. In his spare time after spending time with his beautiful family, he loves to ride horses, and a motorbike. He likes to be spontaneous and spend time sharing his heart with others. He is also a Pastor with the Dominican Assemblies of God.

Noémie Plumier

International Development Advocate

Noémie Plumier is one intriguing chameleon, being French and Canadian with Spanish roots. She graduated with a Master’s Degree in International Public Law and Political Sciences, specializing in International Relations. She is currently doing a Master’s degree in International Environmental Law.

For three years, Noémie volunteered in WASH and Human Rights projects in Ghana, Zimbabwe, and the Dominican Republic. She has extensive knowledge of how the climate crisis affects the natural world, particularly from water-related issues coupled with gender inequalities, peace, biodiversity, migration, and more. With this experience abroad.
Noémie is now the Youth Advisor at the Water and Climate Coalition, and a Strategic Partnerships Facilitator at the World Youth Parliament for Water.

In her spare time, she explores the mountains with her horse. Her dream is that all sacred rivers, lakes, glaciers, and forests worldwide are legally protected entities with inherent rights recognized in human systems of law.

Letitia Silk

Director Canada

Letitia has been a part of H2O4ALL for almost three years, attending trips to Cuba to support the growth of clean water resources initiatives in rural communities.  With a strong passion for case studies on how to “Give your building a life,” Letitia has an extensive background in architecture and general contracting of over 17+ years working across Canada, speaking to the design and building of living architecture and biophilic design within the built environment.  Currently the National Director of Business Development & Growth at The Architek Group of Companies, Letitia brings a long and successful history in business development, executive leadership and team management, corporate strategic growth, and marketing, where she has grown and developed brands of all kinds.

Sonya TEtley

Manager of Strategic Development and Communications Canada

Sonya has over 20 years of experience in the not-for-profit world. For more than 13 years, Sonya lived and worked overseas in Asia, overseeing several humanitarian and community-based initiatives. In recent years she has dedicated her time to serving other not-for-profit organizations in project management, digital marketing/fundraising, and donor portfolio management.

Sonya is a creative thinker and loves helping others explore new avenues of accomplishing a task or finding solutions to problems outside the box. She is passionate about seeing long-lasting transformational changes in communities experiencing poverty. In her spare time, Sonya loves to spend time with her family outdoors, hiking, climbing, and exploring.

Amanda Vokoun

Fund Development Coordinator USA

Amanda serves as the Coast to Coast Coordinator and is excited to bring this idea to fruition. Amanda studied biology and environmental science in college and was very involved in creating the Green Revolving Fund for sustainable projects on campus. She also traveled to the Dominican Republic as a public health intern, enjoys participating in leadership development initiatives, and looks forward to helping progress H2O4ALL’s mission. Amanda is passionate about advocating for environmental justice and is excited to help connect like-minded leaders to increase access to safe water. She believes that there is power in numbers. The more people are aware of resource disparities and imperfectly striving to be more sustainable, the more communities are positively impacted worldwide. She enjoys running, hiking, and going on adventures with her friends and family in her spare time.

Joel Trumbo

Director, Chair USA.

Joel is the Executive Director of the USA branch of H2O4ALL and a director on the board of H2O4ALL Canada. Joel first became involved with the Canadian organization in 2012 when he organized a volunteer team from California to work on a safe water project in the West African nation of Ghana. Joel founded the US branch of H2O4ALL in 2015 along with Timothy Muttoo and Odile Bartlett, the co-founders of H2O4ALL Canada.

Joel believes that assuring access to reliable sources of safe water and adequate sanitation facilities is a critical human rights issue and essential in reducing human suffering worldwide. It is also why he has dedicated the back half of his life to H2O4ALL’s mission.

In a previous life, Joel worked for almost four decades as an environmental scientist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). During his time with CDFW, Joel worked on invasive species control and the impacts of pesticides on wildlife. A frequent speaker and lecturer, Joel is also the author of several papers on pesticide impacts on fish and wildlife and the use of herbicides to control invasive exotic weeds. 

Joel and his wife Donna live in Roseville, California, and have two sons and three grandchildren. Joel is an avid hiker, backpacker, and snowshoe enthusiast in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Donna Trumbo

Director USA

Donna has been serving as the board secretary for more than five years.After leading a mission trip to Ghana several years ago, she and her husband Joel became enamored with the local people and felt a special calling to find ways to provide safe water to the villages.

As a former newscaster for ABC Television, she helps H2O4ALL with communications, writing, and production. Her experience with leading outreach and compassion projects makes it easy for her to put on her special events hat to assist with the organization’s gala and other fundraising events.

Aside from H2O4ALL, Donna is passionate about bringing diversity, equity, and racial healing to communities. She is the co-founder of AB&C Equity Consultants, a non-profit dedicated to bringing racial healing and understanding through courageous conversations, education, symposiums, and special events. As a community relations and outreach veteran, she works with local government agencies, school districts, and organizations.

Favorite Food? Sushi. Favorite hobby? Cooking. Favourite thing to do? Spoiling her three grandchildren!

Jeffrey Teiko

Director Canada

Born and raised in Accra-Ghana, Jeffrey lived most of his formidable years there before moving to Canada for higher education in the fall of 2005. He was part of the Canada world youth exchange program, which brought high school students from Ghana and Canada to live together for three months in both countries to help in small communities. He currently resides with his family in Ontario and works for AECOM in the water division as a Civil Engineering technologist. Jeffrey believes that our earthly duty is to help those in need in any way we can, ensuring that basic needs are met. He loves to travel to see & learn about other cultures. He also loves golf.

Peter Ruck

Director, Vice Chair Canada

Peter Ruck brings many years of experience working with the public through various roles such as Restaurant General Manager and Retail Environments as well as financial experience in his role as Supervisor of Vault and Finances, Home Depot Canada (Oakville). Peter is actively involved in his community and various non-profits. Peter and his two daughters seized the opportunity to travel to Uganda, Africa to aid in the provision of safe and sustainable water to an area hospital. This trip was life changing for Peter and his daughters.

Jesús Ramirez

Project Liaison Cuba

Samuel Muthinja

Director USA

Born in Meru, Kenya and now resides at Roseville, California. Samuel is married with two children and enjoys traveling with his family. Professionally, Sam is a registered nurse (RN) with a bachelors of science degree in nursing (BSN) and a masters of science degree (MS) in workforce education and leadership. Samuel firmly believes that those of us blessed enough with resources to take care of ourselves and our families have an obligation to help those in need anywhere and everywhere in the world.

Luis Lopera

Director Canada

Luis was born in Colombia, South America, where he graduated from Xaveriana University as an Industrial Engineer. During his time in Colombia, Luis had a successful management career with large international corporations such as Eveready Battery Company, Kodak Colombia, Black & Decker/ DeWalt, and Nintendo. Luis moved to Canada in 1999. He is currently working at Export Packers Co. Ltd, a Commodity Trading company where he is a trader of field crops responsible for exports to Latin American and Caribbean markets. Luis has served on church boards and mission committees. He has been instrumental in the work of H2O4ALL in Cuba, where he has worked on water systems during six separate trips. Luis’ family is very important to him, so he continually strives to lead them through his faith, diligence, transparency, and honesty.

Marty Hock

Director USA

Marty is proud to be married to his wife Kerri for 28 years. He has four children and two granddaughters. He has been an educator for 25 years and currently serves as an elementary school principal in the Sacramento, California, area. Marty is an avid gardener and loves being outdoors in nature.

Derek Hendriks

Director, Secretary Canada

Derek serves as the Vice President, Design and Construction for Cineplex, a Canadian entertainment company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. He has extensive experience in construction. Derek has been instrumental with H2O4ALL in Cuba through the implementation and commissioning of eight safe water projects during four separate initiatives. Two of Derek’s children have accompanied him on the Cuba initiatives. Derek has served on the board of a private school in Halton Hills, Ontario and its building expansion Committee. This will also be his 7th year in the national charity bike ride for cancer.

 

Ken Brock

Director, Chair USA.

Ken currently serves as the Chair of the Board for H2O4ALL USA. Ken is an attorney who has extensive legal experience with the formation and operation of non-profit corporations, foundations and charities, as well as helping them to achieve and maintain 501(c)(3) tax exemption under U.S. law. He also has extensive experience with general corporate governance requirements, as well as helping clients to secure and protect their intellectual properties. Ken has represented and assisted numerous community and social welfare organizations in various transactional matters and has drafted and negotiated a significant number of consulting services agreements, employment contracts and other agreements to enable them to accomplish their objectives while fulfilling their legal obligations as non-profit organizations. Ken currently practices health privacy and data security law for the State of California.